Purchase Guide for Carpets and Floors

Price is directly related to quality and you get what you pay for.

If you purchase a carpet in a price range between $18.00 – $22.00 per yard installed with padding, don’t expect to get more than a few years of use regardless of what the manufacturers’ warranty states. If these are your needs go for it, just know the truth up front and do it right the first time, and don’t pay for the same job twice.

The quality of your pad is as important as the quality of your carpet.

Did you know that if your pad is not a certified no-crush pad, your warranty from the manufacturer will be void?

Square Foot VS. Square Yard Pricing

When you see an advertised price by the square foot it is not what you think.

Let’s say you have a room that is 10 x 13 you would say to yourself, this is 130 square feet of carpet and if the carpet is $2.00 per foot, my cost would be around $260.00   

Carpet generally comes 12 feet wide so you have to pay for a 12×13 which is 156 square feet and this would cost $312.00
Why do the home centers and the T.V. guys advertise like this?  TO DECEIVE YOU.  If you see a price for $29.99 per yard and $4.00 per foot, Which one do you think is a less expensive price? There are 9 square feet in a yard of the carpet so you need to multiply $4.00 x 9 and that gives you $36.00 per yard. A low square foot price looks very inviting but as you can see this is not the case.

What is private labeling?

Private labeling is when a company pays a manufacturer to change the names on products so you can’t shop their prices and they can advertise that they have the lowest prices around.